The curly-haired hen . 74 THECURL Y-H AIRED HEN used for all sorts of tasks. Their trunks, a continuation oftheir nostrils, serve both for breathing and holding. It is, asit were, an extremely sensitive and powerful hand. Great goodness me, cried Mother Etienne; imagine. having a hand at the end of your nose! Would it have a gloveon it and rings on its fingers? All sorts of ridiculous ideas like that came into her little beaver, who builds his houses all along the Canadianstreams, appeared trowel in hand, mortar-board on his head,and Mother Etienne felt most anxious to have his valuab
The curly-haired hen . 74 THECURL Y-H AIRED HEN used for all sorts of tasks. Their trunks, a continuation oftheir nostrils, serve both for breathing and holding. It is, asit were, an extremely sensitive and powerful hand. Great goodness me, cried Mother Etienne; imagine. having a hand at the end of your nose! Would it have a gloveon it and rings on its fingers? All sorts of ridiculous ideas like that came into her little beaver, who builds his houses all along the Canadianstreams, appeared trowel in hand, mortar-board on his head,and Mother Etienne felt most anxious to have his valuableassistance in repairing her barns and mills. Dear little mara-bout, how useful you would be in the village, sweeping thestreets, cleaning up the refuse, advance-guard of the street-cleaner with his, Now then, everything into the gutter. MOTHER ETIENNE S DREAM 75 The antelopes are very silly, coquettish creatures to wearsuch long boas round their necks in this warm country. But,after all, perhaps they are wise enough, for they have chosena kind which, unlike our make of furs, is cold to the touch. Yollande, in her role of trainer, went on and on like a brook. Here, now, is a dromedary. He has a hump on his back,a fatty excrescence which enables him to bear much
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